Job Summary
Manages IT / Cyber Security (CS) projects to deliver the project approved scope with cost and schedule control and certainty in alignment with defined PMO stage gate processes. Partners with stakeholders and resource managers to provide direction to project team members, identify and mitigate risks, and resolve or escalate issues that affect these projects. Provides management insight into how the status of those projects affect business, project, and operational goals. Plan, coordinate, and document project related activities to deliver project objectives. Manage the project delivery activities, resourcing, budget, procurement, schedule, stakeholder engagement, and reporting. Defines the project organization structure required for the project and identifies the technical resources required to achieve project goals; work with appropriate Entergy management and/or vendor partners for assignment of resources to the project team.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Implements projects in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Develops and maintains the Project Execution Plan and execute the project in adherence with this plan.
- Establishes and maintains project documentation.
- Coordinates the efforts of all project participants, including consultants and contractors.
- Manages the project in line with the project budget.
- Ensures project controls are implemented for effectively managing project scope, schedule, quality, cost, cash flow, risk, contracts, and communications in accordance with the applicable corporate standards.
- Provides clear, timely and accurate project status reports for management as required. Prepares reports and makes presentations to management. Promptly communicates issues to the next level of leadership.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education needed:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred in Business, Computer Science, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Master's Degree is a plus.
Minimum Experience needed:
- 4+ years leading IT/Cybersecurity projects as a project manager or program manager Leadership experience directing resources and managing work across multiple teams and people is a plus.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities needed:
- Proficient in project management waterfall fundamentals.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Technical understanding of IT or Cyber Security systems
- Experience in creating and managing project schedule.
- Proficient in office tools such as Outlook, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Proficient with meeting scheduling, meeting facilitation, and collaboration tools including on-line meetings, instant messaging, and video conferencing.
- Available to travel as needed, be available, and able to work irregular hours for project go-lives and deadlines.
- Able to report to the Entergy office as required during normal working hours for collaboration meetings and on-site events and must satisfy residency requirements per Entergy's Work Location Flexibility policy.
- Able to work from home in a low-noise, relatively distraction-free home office environment with high network bandwidth and to be available during normal business hours except for excused absences.
Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position:
- PMI PMP Certification is a plus.
- Alternate Project Management certifications are a plus.
Req ID: 115034
Read the full posting.Entergy Corporation
639 Loyola Ave
New Orleans
Louisiana United States
www.entergy.com
